Tapped - Official Trailer

Tapped is a film that examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.

(Not) Cool Running Water...

 

Another perspective on B&W photography...

John Butler - Ocean Rerecording

his special re-recording was captured in 'The Compound', his studio in his hometown of Fremantle Western Australia in February 2012. Having performed the track to a worldwide audience over the past 12 years, 'Ocean' is today available FREE as an MP3, grab your copy here: http://www.johnbutlertrio.com/ocean 

"OCEAN is a very interesting aspect of my life. It is part of my DNA. It conveys all things I can't put into words. Life, loss, love, spirit. As I evolve so too does 'Ocean'. The song was first recorded as part of my first album/cassette, "Searching For Heritage", which I sold when I busked, then for my first self-titled studio album 12 years ago -- "John Butler (1998)". The song has been watched online incredibly over 25 million times in various formats, nearly always live, be it from MusicMax Sessions or from one of the many festivals I have had the pleasure to play. I'd like to thank you for your continued support over all these years; it means so much to me. I would like to thank you by offering this first studio recording of 'Ocean' in over a decade as a free download. I recorded it in my favourite studio, The Compound here in Fremantle Western Australia, a studio you helped me build. This marks just another fleeting moment in a career that is very much ongoing. I look forward to bringing you many new songs and albums into the future and continuing this amazing journey with you ALL. THANK YOU, J.B"

free download at http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/triplej/newmusic/john_butler/ocean.mp3

Just released: new UN-Water Status Report for Rio+20

On the occasion of the Water Day @ Rio+20,
UN-Water released its Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to Water Resource Management. Based on surveys of over 130 countries, it analyses global efforts to improve water management.
Read more
Download the report in PDF

Jolly Roger Stainless Bottle...

 http://shop.seashepherd.org/store/p/1404-Sea-Shepherd-Jolly-Roger-Water-Bottle.aspx

Charity Water - Drilling ahead of schedule...

September Campaign 2011 Rig is drilling in Northern Ethiopia! from charity: water on Vimeo.

onepercentfortheplanet.org non-profit recipients are kickin goals and drilling wells..

Find out how you can help at http://charitywater.org/september/

One Bottle For Life - Trial...

Our Vision (dream) realised..!

Yesterday we received a touching email / field report from Rudy Weru a Field Worker for 1% Non-Profit, Sumba Foundation in Indonesia, who's responsible for distributing Advanced Water Filters we donated as a result of our One Bottle For Life trial last year. A big thanks to all those who supported the trial :)

Here's Rudy's heartfelt email (excuse the indo typos..)

Hi all,i try second time demo filtered water at  Ramaipoho village (lamboya area) to day with different pump and filter from before. i got result look likes water is clean and filter is working. but i let you know tipical water at sumba is lime water so need five minute until the lime go in to the botton before people drink. sumbanese love this, and they wanna used at raise field because with this filtered water make them work and lifes is more easy and got healty water even before.please open attach. thanks to stu bowen,matt hall and friends,sumbanese love your filtered water.  regards rudy

Here are some very recent photos sent through...

Ramaipoho village Sumba, Indonesia Check the purpose built rain catcher...

Dirty to clean...

Transformed water, transforming lives..!

More photos coming soon.

The Water Dancer - Part 2 with Tiler Peck

The Water Dancer is a series of short films in which Quiksilver ambassador and world champion surfer Stephanie Gilmore meets and has a conversation with premier dancers to learn what inspires and drives them and how their dancing relates to her passion of surfing. Here are their stories.

The Water Dancer - Part 1 with Casandra "Defy" Rivera

The Water Dancer is a series of short films in which Quiksilver ambassador and world champion surfer Stephanie Gilmore meets and has a conversation with premier dancers to learn what inspires and drives them and how their dancing relates to her passion of surfing. Here are their stories.

Dakoda Walters at age 9

Dakoda when he was 9 - wait till you see his next vid!!
Sick surfing Kodes!!
Dan

Harley Walters at the age of 4.

Harley and his brother Dakoda stayed with me for a couple of days last week here on the Gold Coast.
So much fun having them around. Here they are surfing at home!

UN World Water Day - 22 March 2012

Every time humans disrupt the natural water cycle there is a consequence. When large quantities of water are diverted or taken out of the natural system this affects the local surface water supply, which, in the long run, affects the ecosystem, plants and animals, as well as the local communities. This animation highlights how the Water Cycle works and how we sometimes disrupt it.

www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/

Apocalypse Later, Surf Now

Come Hell or High Water... Changing lives...

After the Australian release of Come Hell or High Water Patagonia Australia received this heartfelt message from Coffs Harbour based parents Greg and Donna Edwards. Kyan, their 8 year old son has autism. After watching the film their lives were changed forever.

I would like to share our little breakthrough and in some small way, say thanks for making Come Hell Or High Water film possible.
Come Hell Or High Water has changed our lives.
Put simply, our 8 year-old son Kyan has Autism. We have had a very difficult time bringing him up and up until last week, we had given up on the idea that he would ever be comfortable at the beach. The bright sunlight, sand and wind create a ‘sensory overload’ for our little boy and most often he will scream and scream when we take him anywhere near the ocean. My wife and I both grew up surfing and we feel completely at home in the water. Some days, the two of us have wanted nothing more than to be able to take our kids down onto the sand and swim.
Last week, we watched Come Hell or High Water and were so touched by the story of Don and Beau King. The footage of Beau diving under the waves was an inspiration. We watched the film a couple of times and so did our two sons. Kyan was absolutely spellbound by the beautiful images and by Beau King’s smiling face. When we turned the TV off, we noticed him running round the house with his arm outstretched. He started to imitate the surfers he’d seen.
Kyan has limited language and he finds it very difficult to talk. He was walking around the house yelling “Don’t cry Beau…”. He ended up running towards his mother saying “beach… surfing”. I think it was the next day that we all decided to go down to the water and just see if Kyan’s enthusiasm remained. Sure enough, he ran down onto the sand without screaming. He ran out into the water and he began wading out toward the waves!! We were still pulling our fins on when we noticed him (in disbelief I might add). That day, and every day since, have been remarkable! Our son has discovered the ocean. He now feels at home in the water. His confidence is growing and he is catching his first waves!!
We can’t tell you what an incredible gift this has been. We can’t tell you how grateful we are. If it all ends tomorrow, so be it — we have had an amazing week with our son. We pray it continues and that this new-found enthusiasm becomes a life-long passion. We have enclosed a few shots of Kyan out in the surf. There’s one shot that’s particularly blurry, but you can make out his smiling face as he races down his first wave!!
I would love it if, somehow, this could be passed on to the filmmakers of Come Hell Or High Water. Just so that we can say thank you!
Yours faithfully,
Greg and Donna Edwards

For more information on Don, Julianne and Beau King check out their award winning movie, Beautiful Son and the Hawaii Autism Foundation.

Klean Kanteen - Reflect interview...

Scott Rolfson, marketing director of Klean Kanteen, about the "Reflect" bottle that launched in spring 2011. Completely plastic and paint free, made of stainless steel, bamboo, and silicone.

 

World Water Day - 22 March 2012...

There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 litres.

When a billion people in the world already live in chronic hunger and water resources are under pressure we cannot pretend the problem is ‘elsewhere’. Coping with population growth and ensuring access to nutritious food to everyone call for a series of actions we can all help with: follow a healthier, sustainable die; consume less water-intensive products; reduce the scandalous food wastage: 30% of the food produced worldwide is never eaten and the water used to produce it is definitively lost! produce more food, of better quality, with less water.

At all steps of the supply chain, from producers to consumers, actions can be taken to save water and ensure food for all.
And you? Do you know how much water you actually consume every day? How can you change your diet and reduce your water footprint? Join the World Water Day 2012 campaign “Water and Food Security” and find out more!

For More info and event in your neck of the woods, go to

http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/events

The Plastiki Tour

Was talking to Andrew Dovell today who designed The Plastiki, so I thought I'd show you around it..

Check out the 3D tour at http://www.theplastiki.com/exploreplastiki/

The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water

The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water is a short, animated film made by a collaboration of creative and dedicated volunteers at the Surfrider Foundation. Several local Surfrider Foundation chapters combined their talents and funds to create the film -- and then actor Zuleikha Robinson of Lost, generously agreed to narrate it.

The premise of the film is that the water cycle we all learned about in the 4th grade has been dramatically altered over time, leaving us with a broken system that wastes water and energy, pollutes our natural waterways, harms critical marine life, and poorly deals with flooding and other water management problems.

The film serves to take a holistic look at water management, highlight controversial problems, and suggest solutions that integrate multiple economic and environmental benefits. The intended audience includes entire communities: from homeowners and the general public, to public agencies and elected government officials.

To find out how you can break the cycle of insanity: knowyourh2o.org

REDUCE, REUSE & RECYCLE...

Peace...

Our Common Waters - Dam Nation...

Cut here to enjoy a fresh free-flowing river. Matilija Dam, Ventura County, California. BEN KNIGHT

Cut here to enjoy a fresh free-flowing river. Matilija Dam, Ventura County, California. BEN KNIGHT

Cut here to enjoy a fresh free-flowing river. Matilija Dam, Ventura County, California. BEN KNIGHT

No one knows how many dams there are in the United States, not even the Army Corps of Engineers. Estimates are as many as two million. Even the Corps agrees that as many as 26,000 of these dams are hazardous, obsolete or otherwise derelict. Think of them as jalopies in the backyard, eyesores, but worse because they break healthy rivers, ruin habitat and destroy fish migration. 

Matilija Dam pictured above no longer serves any useful purpose and blocks steelhead migration on the Ventura River in California in Patagonia’s own backyard. We bet there’s a useless dam or two in your backyard. It’s time to take them out. Please join us and American Rivers in removing 100 obsolete dams in 2012.

Help remove 100 obsolete dams in 2012


Since 1973, American Rivers has fought to protect and restore more than 150,000 miles of rivers through advocacy efforts and on-the-ground projects.




Patagonia’s current environmental campaign  spotlights the need to balance human water consumption with that of animals and plants.
Learn more

Patagonia - New R1 Suits